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FIRE KINDLER.

@ No. 347,176. Patented Aug. 10, 1886.

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'HARRY DJHENDERSON, OF EARLVILLE, NEV YORK, ASSlG-NOR OF TlVO- THIRDS TO RANDALL T. VAN VAULKENBURG, OF MANCHESTER, MICHI- GAN, AND. AMI O. AOKLEY, OF EARLVILLE, NEW YORK.

FIRE-KINDLER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 347,176, dated August 10, 1886.

Application filed June 10, 1886.

Serial No. 2U 4,T84. No model.)

To all whom, itmay concern.-

Be it known that I, HARRY D. HENDERSON, of Earlville, in the county of Madison, in the State of New York, have invented new and useful Improvements .in Fire Kindlers, of which the following, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to the class of firekindlers in which a perforated case is packed with asbestus and provided with a handle by which to hold the said case under the fuel to be kindled, the asbestus being saturated with kerosene or other suitableinflammable material, which, being ignited, ignites the aforesaid fuel. I

My invention consists, first, in an improved eonstruction of the case or shell which contains the' asbestus, said shell being provided with a solid concave bottom disk, which forms a receptacle for-a quantity of the inflammable oil with which the asbestus is saturated, said receptacle preventing the dripping of the oil from the case, and also serving to supply the asbestus with oil fora longer time, and consequently increasing the efficiency of the kindler.

My invention consists, secondly, in a novel construction of the handleof the kindler, which handle is composed of a wire bent at the center, and having its end portions diverging from each other and secured to. the case, so as to form a broad handle, which enables the manipulator of the kindler to more easily hold the case in a horizontal position, and thus prevent the spilling of the oil from the solid concave bottom of the ease; and the invention consists, thirdly, in'the combination, with the case constructed as aforesaid, of a sheet of asbestus appliedto the inner or concave side of the solid bottom of the case and loose asbestus 2 is a side view of the same; and Fig. 3 is a transverse section on line a: m, Fig. 1.

ceptacle.

Similar letters of reference indicate cor1e-' 5o sponding parts.

A denotes the concave bottom disk of the shell or case, which disk is solid or imperforate and of the form of a saucer or similar re- 0 represents the cover of the case. This cover is concavo-oonvex and perforated, and is placed over the bottom disk, A, with the concave side of the former facing the concavity of the latter. The aforesaid parts of the case are provided with corresponding horizontal outward projections c c, at their adjacent sides, which projections are perforated, and by rivets r1" pass ing through one set of said projections and headed at opposite ends, and the ends of the wire handleh passing through the perforations of the other set of projections, c, and clinched thereon, the cover 0 is secured to the bottom disk, A. Upon the inner or concave side of the bottom disk, A, I place a sheet, a; of asbestus, and between this sheet and the cover O,I pack loosely asbestus fibers, as designated by the reference-letter b.

In charging the case with the in flammable 01]., the asbestus becomes thoroughly saturated, and in case a surplus of oil is introduced into the case it settles to the saucershaped bottom of the case, and is there retained in reserve to supply oil to the asbestus as it is consumed therefrom by combustion, the oil rising from the bottom of the case and from the asbestus sheet through the loose asbestus fibers by capillary action. The solid bottom of the case effectually guards against the spilling of the oil from the case, which is one of the greatdefects of other fire-kindlers of this class. i

In order to enable the manipulator of the described fire-kindler to hold the case or shell A C more securely in a horizontal position, I form a broad handle, h, of asingle piece of wire bent at the center and having its end portions diverging from each other, as illustrated in Fig. 1 of the drawings, the ends of said wire beinginserted in the projection eand clinched therein, as hereinbefore described.

I do not claim 'a fire-kindling torch composed of two perforated sections containing asbeslus, as such is the construction of lirekindlers already in use. Myiurentiou coir sists specifically in the improved detail com struction of the firc-liiudler, whercbyl render the same much safer and more etlicient, as already hereinbel'ore fully set forth; hence \Vhat I claim as new, and desire to secure l its cover, substantially as described and shown. l

2. The combination ol'the imperforale con- 20 care oil-receptacle A, the perforated concavecouvex cover C,secured to said receptacle, with the eoncavitics facing each other, a sheet, a, of asbestus applied to the concave side of the receptacle A, and loose asbestos fibers between the sheet a and cover ('3, substantially as described and shown.

In testimony \vlicreofl have hereunto signed my name and affixed my seal, in the presence of two attesting witnesses, at Syracuse, in the county of Onondaga, in the State ofNew York, this 3d day of June, 1886.

HARRY D. HENDERSON. [L.

\Vitnesses:

FREDERICK II. Gums, 1*]. U. CANNON. 

